Cuff button



March 19, 1946. O v ANDERSON 2,396,668

CUFF BUTTCN Filed Dec. 29, 1944 INVENTOR WZZ/ am ATTORN EY Patented Mar.19,1946

UNITED STATES PATEN T emee CUFF BUTTON Olol' v. Anderson, Providence, a.I. Application December 29, 1944, Serial No. 570,391 6 (cl. 24-102) 1 v9 Claims. My present invention relates to cut! buttons,

and has particular reference to cull buttons which the movable head isjournaled. Still another object of the invention is to pro-' vide aspring latch arrangement for'the movable head which is wholly containedwithin the movable head. A further object of the invention is to providevided with a body portion ll, preferably in the form of a bifurcatedmember having two spaced arms l2 and I3. An ornamental head I I of anydesired shape and style is. rigidl secured to the base ii of the bodyportion, and a movable head Q I 6 is pivotally journaled between thespaced arms l2 and is for selective retention in desired angularrelation to the body portion I I.

Each journal arm is preferably shaped as indicated in Fig. 3, whereinthe upper portion of the arm I2 is shown as provided with an innersurface I! and beveled edges l8, and the arms l2 and 13 are rigidlyconnected by a hinge pin l9,

see Fig. .2, which extends through suitable openings in the arms, and isheaded over to lock the journal arms together against separatingmovement;

a cuff button construction of the movable head I type having asmallnumber ofreadily manufactured and assembled parts. I

scribed in thfidetailed description following, in conjunction with theaccompanying drawing and more specifically thereto.

In the drawing: Fig. 1 is an elevation of a cut! button embodying' thenovel invention;

Fig. 2 is a side view of Fig. 1, partsbeing in' section on the line 2-201' Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a perspective detail, partly broken Q away, of one Journalarm;

Fig. 4 is an elevation of-the movable head;

Fig. 5 is a view of a coil spring suitable for mounting in the movablehead;

Fig. 6 is a side view, partly broken away, of one of the novel cupwashers; and

With the above and other objects and adva'ntageous features in view, theinvention consists of a novel arrangement of. parts morefully de-,

defined in the. claims appended Fig. 'Zis an elevation of the cup washerof h Fig. 6.

.It has been found desirable to construct a can button of the movablehead type sothat all the latching mechanism for selectively releasablyReferring now to Figs. 4 to 'z, the movable head 1 I8 is preferably ofsolidconstruction or may be made of stamped sheet metal or othersuitable material, and formedrwith a centrally positioned lateralchannel 2| which ispreferably of square cross-section. Seated within thechannel 2| at each end thereof is a cup-shaped washer 22, see Fig. 7, toseal the ends of the channel 2|;

the washers have suitable openings 23 for accommodating the hinge pin,and are forced apart to engage-the inner surfaces ll of the arms l2 andI3 by means of a coil spring 24 which is preferably mounted concentricwith thehinge pin. l9. Each washer is provided with a plurality ofspaced pro-- jections or detents 25 on its outer face, the illustratedembodiment utilizing four detents which constitute latch means and areadapted to engage with the beveled sides i8 of the arms [2 and I3, whichfunction as catch means, and to rideover the inner surface ll of thearms against the tension of the. spring 24 when the movable head isturned. a k

The above construction thus .utilizes a very small number of parts. Whenthe movable head I6 is positioned either at right angles to or in thesame directionasthe cuff button body, the detents-25 act aslatch memberswhich engage the locking the movable head in difier'ent angular re-'lations to the cufl. button body is mounted within the movable head. ITo this end, I have devised a cull button construction in which themovable head is joumaled-between two fixed journal arms of the cufl?link body,'and has spring pressed latch mechanism mounted within themovable head for selective latching journal-arms.

In the drawing. the novel cuir button I! is prongagement with the fixedbeveled sides 18.01 the armsl2 and l3,-which act as catch members, andrigidl hold the movable head in place; When the movable head is manuallyturned, the detents ride over the beveled sides l8 and the flat innersurface I! of the side arms, compressing the spring 24, whereby the twowashers 22 move inwardly until the movable head is turned far enough topermit the detents to again snap into releasable locking engagement withthe beveled'sides IS.

'The cum-button th s utilizes a snap action Although I have described aspecific constructional embodiment of my invention, it is obvious thatchanges in the size, the shape, the material and the relative mountingof the parts, may be made to suit difierent designs for cufi buttons,without departing from the spirit and the scopev of the invention asdefined in the appended claims.

I claim:

1. In a cufi link, a body portion having two spaced arms at one endthereof, a head pivotally journaled between said spaced arms and havingspring pressed means engageable with at least one armfor releasablyretaining said second head in different selective angular relation tosaid arm, and a second head secured to the other end of the bodyportion.

2. In a cuii link, a body portion having two spaced armsat one endthereof, a head pivotally journaled between said spaced arms and havingspring pressed means engageable with said arms for releasably retainingsaid head in diiIerent selective angular relation to' said arms, and asecond head secured to the other end of the body portion.

3. In a cufi link, a body portion having two spaced arms, a headpivotally mounted between said spaced arms, and spring pressed latchmeans comprising a washer having spaced detents mounted in said head andengagable with at least one arm for releasably retaining said head indifferent selective angular relation to said arm.

4. In a cut! link, a body portion having two spaced arms, a headpivotally mounted between said spaced arms, and spring pressed latchmeans to said body portion.

,of said arms, said washers having central openings for the hinge pin,and a coil spring mounted on said hinge pin and pressing said cup-shapedwashers outwardly.

6. In combination, a body portion having spaced arms, a head pivotallymounted between said arms, and spring pressed latch means mounted insaid head engageable with catch means on at least one of said spacedarms for releasably latching the head in selected angular relationto-said body portion.

7. In combination, a body portion having spaced arms, a head pivotallymounted between said arms, and spring pressed latch means comprising anelement having detents, said detents being selectively engageable withcatch means on at least one of said spaced arms for releasably latchingthe head in selected angular relation to said body portion. 3

8. In combination, a body portion having spaced arms, a head pivotallymounted between said arms, said head having a channel therethrough, andspring pressed latch elements in said channel selectively engageablewith the sides of said arms for releasably latching the head in selectedangular relation to said body portion.

9. In combination, a body portion having spaced elements with sides, ahead pivotally mounted between said elements, and spring pressed latchmeans mounted in said head comprising detents selectively engageablewith the sides of the body portion elements vfor releasably latching thehead in selected angular relation OLOF V. ANDERSON.

